Chipili Town Council

The name Chipili is derived from the terrain which is mainly rocky and mountainous and in the local Chishinga language Chipili means “big mountain”.  Chipili developed mainly from the Chipili Anglican Mission which was started in 1918 and a settlement developed around that area. It is situated 1,040 km from Lusaka the Capital of Zambia and is 85 km from Mansa the Provincial Capital of Luapula Province. It covers a land area of 4319 square kilometres and has a population of about 46,544 people as at the 2022 census.  It has one constituency (Chipili) and Twelve (12) wards. Currently Chipili has two chiefdoms namely Mwenda and Mutipula both recognized/ gazetted and has a total of about 189 villages. The district is located in the region of Luapula Province with geographical coordinates on latitude 100 44II South, longitude 2905II East. Chipili was declared a district in 2012 by the late President Michael Chilufya Sata under Statutory Instrument No. 79 of 2012.